Date: Thu, 12 Oct 1995 21:44:16 +0300 (MSK) From: =?KOI8-R?Q?=E1=CE=C4=D2=C5=CA_=FE=C5=D2=CE=CF=D7?= (aka Andrey A. Chernov, Black Mage) <ache@astral.msk.su> To: Sergey Shkonda <serg@bcs1.bcs.zaporizhzhe.ua>, Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> Cc: eugen@zgik.zaporizhzhe.ua, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Patch to talk client Message-ID: <cY08MVmeC8@ache.dialup.demos.ru> In-Reply-To: <199510121751.KAA15487@phaeton.artisoft.com>; from Terry Lambert at Thu, 12 Oct 1995 10:51:00 -0700 (MST) References: <199510121751.KAA15487@phaeton.artisoft.com>
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In message <199510121751.KAA15487@phaeton.artisoft.com> Terry Lambert
writes:
>>
>> There are patch to talk client for support 8-bit
>> talking (for example in russian language)
>I don't understand the need for a translation table. If the talkers
>on both ends are using the same 8 bit character set (ie: KOI-8), then
>as long as their displays display the characters they type as themselves,
>a translation table should be unnecessary.
I think better use the same code table on both ends than insert various
conversion tables into each interactive client.
>The 8-bit cleanliness should go in; the translation table should not.
Talk already *is* 8bit clean.
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